Angelica Crottini

Angelica Crottini, Italian herpetologist.

• Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO), Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto, Portugal.

Former affiliations:

• Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.
• Sezione di Zoologia e Citologia, Dipartimento di Biologia, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Italy.

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• 103 taxon names authored by Angelica Crottini

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• Vences, M., J. Köhler, A. Crottini & F. Glaw. 2010. High mitochondrial sequence divergence meets morphological and bioacoustic conservatism: Boophis quasiboehmei sp. n., a new cryptic treefrog species from south-eastern Madagascar. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 57: 241–255. Full Article.
• Ratsoavina, F.M., Gehring, P.-S., Ranaivoarisoa, J.F., Rafeliarisoa, T.H., , Louis Jr., E.E. & Vences, M. 2010. Molecular phylogeography of a widespread Malagasy leaf chameleon species, Brookesia superciliaris. Zootaxa 2554(1): 62–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2554.1.5 Reference page. 

• Ratsoavina, F.M., Louis Jr., E.E., , Randrianiaina, R.-D., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2011. A new leaf tailed gecko species from northern Madagascar with a preliminary assessment of molecular and morphological variability in the Uroplatus ebenaui group. Zootaxa 3022(1): 39–57. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3022.1.3 Reference page. 

• , Miralles, A., Glaw, F., Harris, D.J., Lima, A. & Vences, M. 2012. Description of a new pygmy chameleon (Chamaeleonidae: Brookesia) from central Madagascar. Zootaxa 3490(1): 63–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3490.1.5 Reference page. 

• Gvoždik, V., Benkovský, N., , Bellati, A., Moravec, J., Romano, A., Sacchi, R. & Jandzík, D. 2013. An ancient lineage of slow worms, genus Anguis (Squamata: Anguidae), survived in the Italian Peninsula. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(3): 1077–1092. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.004 Reference page. 

• , Harris, D.J., Miralles, A., Glaw, F., Jenkins, R.K.B., Randrianantoandro, J.C., Bauer, A.M. & Vences, M. [2014] 2015. Morphology and molecules reveal two new species of the poorly studied gecko genus Paragehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Madagascar. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 15: 175–198. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-014-0191-5 Reference page. 
• Penny, S.G., Andreone, F., , Holderied, M.W., Rakotozafy, L.M.S., Schwitzer, C. & Rosa, G.M. 2014. A new species of the Boophis rappiodes group (Anura, Mantellidae) from the Sahamalaza Peninsula, northwest Madagascar, with acoustic monitoring of its nocturnal calling activity. ZooKeys 435: 111–132. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.435.7383 Reference page. 

• Rakotoarison, A., , Müller, J., Rödel, M-O., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2015. Revision and phylogeny of narrow-mouthed treefrogs (Cophyla) from northern Madagascar: integration of molecular, osteological, and bioacoustic data reveals three new species. Zootaxa 3937(1): 61–89. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.1.3. Reference page. 

• Scherz, M.D., Vences, M., Rakotoarison, A., Andreone, F., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & 2016. Reconciling molecular phylogeny, morphological divergence and classification of Madagascan narrow-mouthed frogs (Amphibia: Microhylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 372–381. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.019 Reference page. 

• Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, M.A., Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Andreone, F., Franzen, M., Glos, J., Hawlitschek, O., Jono, T., Mori, A., Ndriantsoa, S.H., Raminosoa, N.R., Riemann, J.C., Rödel, M.-O., Rosa, G.M., Vieites, D.R., & Vences, M. 2017. Describing the smaller majority: integrative taxonomy reveals twenty-six new species of tiny microhylid frogs (genus Stumpffia) from Madagascar. Vertebrate Zoology 67(3): 271–398. PDF Reference page. 
• Vences, M., Köhler, J., Pabijian, M., Bletz, M.C., Gehring, P.-S., Hawlitschek, O., Rakotoarsion, A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Andreone, F., & Glaw, F. 2017. Taxonomy and geographic distribution of Malagasy frogs of the Gephyromantis asper clade, with description of a new subgenus and revalidation of Gephyromantis ceratophrys. Salamandra 53(1): 77–98. PDF Reference page. 

• Bellati, A., Scherz, M.D., Megson, S., Roberts, S.H., Andreone, F., Rosa, G.M., Noël, J., Randrianirina, J.E., Fasola, M., Glaw, F. & 2018. Resurrection and re-description of Plethodontohyla laevis (Boettger, 1913) and transfer of Rhombophryne alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901) to the genus Plethodontohyla (Amphibia, Microhylidae, Cophylinae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(1): 109–135. DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.14698 Reference page. 
• Hawlitschek, O., Scherz, M.D., Ruthensteiner, B., & Glaw, F. 2018. Computational molecular species delimitation and taxonomic revision of the gecko genus Ebenavia Boettger, 1878. The Science of Nature 105: 49. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-018-1574-9 Reference page. 

• Scherz, M.D., Hutter, C.R., Rakotoarison, A., Riemann, J.C., Rödel, M.-O., Ndriantsoa, S.H., Glos, J., Roberts, S.H., , Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2019. Morphological and ecological convergence at the lower size limit for vertebrates highlighted by five new miniaturised microhylid frog species from three different Madagascan genera. PLoS One 14(3): e0213314. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213314 Reference page. 

• Cocca, W., Andreone, F., Belluardo, F., Rosa, G.M., Randrianirina, J.A., Glaw, F. & 2020. Resolving a taxonomic and nomenclatural puzzle in mantellid frogs: synonymization of Gephyromantis azzurrae with G. corvus, and description of Gephyromantis kintana sp. nov. from the Isalo Massif, western Madagascar. ZooKeys 951: 133–157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.951.51129 Reference page. 
• , Rosa, G.M., Penny, S.G., Cocca, W., Holderied, M.W., Rakotozafy, L.M.S. & Andreone, F. 2020. A new stump-toed frog from the transitional forests of NW Madagascar (Anura, Microhylidae, Cophylinae, Stumpffia). ZooKeys 933: 139–164. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.933.47619 Reference page. 

• Glaw, F., Köhler, J., , Gehring, P.-S., Prötzel, D., Randriamanana, L., Andreone, F. & Vences, M. 2021. An additional level of cryptic diversity: a new green-coloured Malagasy treefrog of the Boophis luteus species group. Salamandra 57(3): 295–308. PDF Reference page. 
• Miralles A., Bruy, T., , Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Scherz, M.D., Schmidt, R., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2021. Completing a taxonomic puzzle: integrative review of geckos of the Paroedura bastardi species complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Vertebrate Zoology 71: 27–48. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e59495 Reference page. 

• Melo, M., Freitas, B., Verbelen, P., da Costa, S.R., Pereira, H., Fuchs, J., Sangster, G., Correia, M.N., de Lima, R.F. & 2022. A new species of scops-owl (Aves, Strigiformes, Strigidae, Otus) from Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea, Africa) and novel insights into the systematic affinities within Otus. ZooKeys 1126ː 1–54. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1126.87635 Reference page. 
• Vences, M., Multzsch, M., Gippner, S., Miralles, A., , Gehring, P.-S., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Glaw, F. & Scherz, M.D. 2022. Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus madagascariensis group reveals an unexpected diversity of little brown geckos in Madagascar’s rainforest. Zootaxa 5179(1): 1–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5179.1.1 Reference page. 

• Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Ratsoavina, F.M., Raselimanana, A.P., , Gehring, P.-S., Böhme, W., Scherz, M.D. & Vences, M. 2023. A new large-sized species of leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus) from northern Madagascar. Salamandra 59(3): 239–261. PDF Reference page. 
• Piccoli, C., Belluardo, F., Lobón-Rovira. J., Alves, I.O., Rasoazanany, M., Andreone, F., Rosa, G.M. & 2023. Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling Paroedura (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central Madagascar. Zookeys 1181: 125–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1181.108134 Reference page. 
• Vences, M., Multzsch, M., Köhler, J., , Andreone, F., Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, M.D. & Glaw, F. 2023. Integrative revision of the Blommersia wittei complex, with description of a new species of frog from western and north-western Madagascar. Zootaxa 5319(): 178–198. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.. Reference page. 

• Vences, M., Multzsch, M., Zerbe, M., Gippner, S., Andreone, F., , Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Rakotomanga, S., Rasamison, S. & Raselimanana, A.P. 2024. Taxonomizing a truly morphologically cryptic complex of dwarf geckos from Madagascar: molecular evidence for new species-level lineages within the Lygodactylus tolampyae complex. Zootaxa 5468(3): 416–448. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.3.2 Reference page. 

• Belluardo, F., Piccoli, C., Lobón-Rovira, J., Alves, I.O., Rasoazanany, M., Andreone, F., Rosa, G.M. & 2025. A new microendemic gecko from the small forest fragments of south-eastern Madagascar (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Paragehyra). ZooKeys 1240: 1–38. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1240.151016 Reference page. 
• Petzold, A., Glaw, F., Mullin, K.E., Rakotoarison, A., Raselimanana, A.P., , Orozco-terWengel, P., Köhler, J., Prötzel, D., Vences, M., Hofreiter, M. & Scherz, M.D. 2025. A preliminary assessment of the diversity in the frog genus Anilany (Microhylidae: Cophylinae) with description of a new species from western Madagascar. Salamandra 61(1): 70–94. PDF Reference page.